1955 – Present
Past Loreto Federation Events
Over 70 years of gathering, reflection and action hosted by Loreto schools across Australia.
Since the inaugural Federation at Loreto Toorak in 1955, alumnae have gathered in every state, each time united by a theme chosen to reflect the world around them.
Below is the full record of every Federation to date, a remarkable document of how Loreto women have engaged with their times across seven decades.
2024 Spotlight
Federation 2024 at Loreto Toorak
The 2024 Federation gathered alumnae in Melbourne under the theme Environmental Justice: People, Places and Our Shared Future and briought together speakers, discussions and shared resolve around one of the defining challenges of our time.
Hosted by Loreto Toorak, it was a weekend that reminded the Federation community of its power to engage meaningfully with the world.
All Federations
1955 to present
| Year | Location | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Loreto Toorak, Melbourne | Environmental Justice: People, Places and Our Shared Future |
| 2020/21 | Loreto Marryatville, Adelaide | Inspire (cancelled due to COVID-19) |
| 2018 | Loreto Normanhurst, Sydney | Be the Change |
| 2015 | Loreto Ballarat | Dare to Be True |
| 2012 | Loreto Perth | Striding Out — In Freedom and Love |
| 2009 | Loreto Brisbane | Creating Pathways |
| 2007 | Loreto Sydney | Building Bridges |
| 2005 | Loreto Toorak, Melbourne | The Circus of Life — Nurturing Spirituality |
| 2003 | Loreto Adelaide | Loreto Family: Discerning Our Times |
| 2000 | Loreto Ballarat | We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe (125th Anniversary of Loreto in Australia) |
| 1997 | Loreto Perth | Reach Out to All, Reach Out with Vision |
| 1994 | Loreto Brisbane | Re-Inventing the Family (International Year of the Family) |
| 1992 | Loreto Sydney | Towards 2000 — Changes and Challenges |
| 1991 | Loreto Melbourne | Creating a Thinking Heart |
| 1989 | Loreto Adelaide | Old Values — New Visions |
| 1987 | Loreto Ballarat | The Loreto Woman and the Australian Church |
| 1985 | Loreto Brisbane | Freedom, Justice and Sincerity (400 years since Mary Ward's birth) |
| 1983 | Loreto Sydney | God and Australia — Values in our Society |
| 1981 | Loreto Adelaide | Faces of Eve |
| 1979 | Loreto Toorak, Melbourne | Loreto in the Year of the Child |
| 1977 | Loreto Perth | Christian Reaction to a Changing World |
| 1975 | Loreto Ballarat | Loreto Centenary Year — Past and Future |
| 1973 | Loreto Brisbane | Women For All Seasons |
| 1971 | Loreto Sydney | Christian — Complacent or Committed? |
| 1969 | Loreto Adelaide | Conscience in Crisis |
| 1967 | Loreto Toorak, Melbourne | God's People on Man's Journey: Life in the Post-Conciliar Church |
| 1965 | Loreto Perth | Courage to Live in the Modern World |
| 1963 | Loreto Ballarat | The Family |
| 1961 | Loreto Brisbane | Thy Neighbour as Thyself |
| 1959 | Loreto Sydney | Awaredness — Preparedness |
| 1957 | Loreto Adelaide | The Loreto Girl in the World Today |
| 1955 | Loreto Toorak, Melbourne | Inaugural Federation |
